THE MORXIXGt OREGOXIAX, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1909-
he married Cordelia E. Ransom and
moved to Coos County. In 1871 he built
the first stealer on the Coquille. In
this little boat, the Mary, he plied be
tween San Francisco for a number of
years. He afterwards engaged in the
shipbuilding business and among his
boats were the Little Annie and Cor
delia, both of early fame In the settling
of Coos. Later he became interested
in the milling business and built the
onlv roller flour mill In the county at
Myrtle Point, and later the sawmill
still running at this town.
He was the father of 11 children.
Those living are Edward. Anna Lhen
ranousky. Charles, Ralph R.. George,
Ellen Angel. Lyman and Owen Rackleff.
His son Edward is ex-County Clerk or
Coos County, having served three and
I of the rudder, turned into the tribune and
fell, mortally wounding a woman and ln-liirtna-
a dozen others.
LOWE BEAT THEM
SIGNAL OFFICERS
LEARNING TO FLY
EVROPE CRAZY OVER FLYING
Lieutenant Foulers Returns With
Faith in Americans.
NEW YORK. Oct. IS. Lieutenant 15. B.
Fouler, pf the United State Signal
Corps has Just arrived here after repre
senting the United States Army at the
InternationaJ Aeronautic Congress In
Paris. He will proceed to Washington to
be instructed in operating an airship by
Wilbur Wright.
In France I found the country crazy
if one may use the term about flying,"
ThisAdvertisement
Is Intended for the Man
Who Has Never Worn
Much Guessing About Man to
Succeed Crane.
Lambert and Von Puhl's Speed
in Balloon Surpassed.
Wright Gives Lessons to Lahm
and Humphrey, His Two
Fledglings.
SEVERAL MEN SUGGESTED
500 MILES IN NINE HOURS
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Appointment Will Probably Be De
ferred Till Taft Returns to Cap
ital Fletcher Is Doing
Work Well. '
Aeronaut Performed Great Feat
During Civil War and Narrowly
Escaped Being Shot In
South as" Spy.
AIRSHIP RACES WITH TRAIN
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InTentor Finds Officers Are Apt Pu
pils and Lets Them Steer Ma
chine Alone Hard Feats
to Be Attempted.
COLLEGE PARK. Md.. Oct. 1?. In
six flights at the (iovernment aviation
s.-hool. under the direction of Wilbur
Wright. Lieutenants Utim and Hum
phrev d-monstr.-ited their ability to
handle the Government aeroplanes
purchased from the Wright brothers
during the last Summer by the Signal
Corns. Each officer accompanied Mr.
Wright on three flights.
Before the sun had risen the aero
plane was rolled from its shed and. in
what was practically a dead calm.
Mr. Wright and Lieutenant Humphrey
made a fligM of more than 11 minutes'
duration. The second fHght. with
Lieutenant Lahm in the pupil's seat,
was the longest made by the Signal
Corps, laatlng for 18 minutes and 37
seconds.
In both flights Mr. Wright permitted
the lieutenant to operate the machine
unaided. The third flight was made in
a slight breeze. Lieutenant Humphrey
again accoinpan yiog Mr. Wright. The
machine was in the air for over ten
minutes. Mr. Wright, accompanied by
Lieutenant Lahm. then flew for 11
minutes and 34 seconds, while the ma
chine was encircling the field it was
pitched and tossed by a ten-mile wind.
Alrhip Races With Train.
In the evening Mr. Wright was ac
companied on the first flight by Lieu
tenant Humphrey, who handled the ma
chine unaided through most of the
devious route. Mr. Wright then made
a flight with Lieutenant Lahm. As the
machine sped around Mr. Wright re
linquished control of the craft to his
pupil.
While flying about with Lieutenant
Lahm and Mr. Wright the aeroplane
came abreast of a swiftly-moving ex
press train. So close was the machine
of the air to its rival on the earth that
it appeared to be right above the train.
The disturbance of the air created by
the speed of the train seemed to affect
the aeroplane, which swept down dan
gerously close to the earth. As the
wind caught it and aided it onward, it
seemed to gain on the train.
Will Make Lonjter Flights.
Longer flights and more difficult
maneuvers are now to be attempted by
the aviation class at the Government
aerodrome. Lieutenant Benjamin D.
Voulois. who made the famous Alex
andria cross-country flight with Or
vl'.le Wright, returned today from
France, where he had been as the rep
resentative of the United States Army
at the aeronautical congress. He will
report at College Park tomorrow. It
Is probable that he will be added to
the list of students of aviation.
SHOW ATTRACTS COUNCIL
City's Business Quickly Ended by
Vancouver Solons.
VANCOUVER. Wash.. Oct. 18. (Spe
cial.) Because some of the members
were anxious to attend the theater, to
night's session of the City Council
was adjourned at 9:35. the first time
the weekly session has ended before
the midnight hour in many months.
AVIATOR'S FEAT ASTOUNDS
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delegation of business men and Aero
Club members from that city and Wash
ington is expected there this week to
submit an offer of J150.000 for the two
events.
Los Angeles has offered to raise as
large a fund as any other city, and the
Aero Club of St. Louis has submitted
a tentative offer of JlOO.Oou. it is said,
the money not having been raised as yet.
Chicago and Indianapolis also will be
energetic bidders for the two contests.
CCRTISS BRAVES STIFF VINT
Aviator Speeds In Air During -1 5-
Mile Chicago Breeie.
CHICAGO. Oct. IS. Glenn H. Curtiss
made a flight in his aeroplane Saturday
In a wind blowing 15 mllee an hour. The
first flight was made at 3:16. He started
at the southwestern edge of the track In
: a field and circled the lake. He flew dl
! rectly over the rail at three-quarters post
i and landed sliding at the home stretch.
He had flown about half a mile in less
than a minute. His height averaged 30
i feet.
Curtns circled the track on his second
; trip. This maneuver was a risky one and
full of dips and tilts that startled the
j crowd, but It cheered the oool control of
the aviator. This trip covered over three.
quarters of a mile in about 90 seconds.
The average helsht approximated 35 feet.
WAR OF ROSES IS RENEWED
Rivalry Is Between Blackpool and
Poncaster In Aviation.
BLACKPOOL, England. Oct. 18.
The fifteenth century rivalry which
' made York and Lancaster historic
' names seems to have been revived by
---the clash of aviation meeting dates
here and at Doncaster. and the gratifi
cation of Lancastrians at the some
what depressive opening of the York
shire events is poorly disguised.
At the close of today's flights Far
man led In the speed contest for a prize
of 2000. having covered 1IH miles
miles In 23 minutes. Rougier had to
his credit the longest flight. 22s miles
In 32 minutes, for which the prize Is
110.000. Both contests are open until
the end of the week.
MONOPLANE HITS SPECTATORS
Rudder at Juvissy Mortally Wounds
Woman, Hurts Others.
JUVISSY, France. Oct. 18. A few min
utes before Count de Lambert returned to
the aviation field here from his flight to
Mrs. Richards la survived by one brother
and one sister, D. W. Hunter and Mrs.
D. P. Bartrum. of this city, also by three
Paris. M. Blanc, the French aero
naut, attempted his first flight in a Bleriot
machine- Shortly after ascending, the
monoplane, as the result of a false shift
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Took Lemma In Aviation In
Aeroplane With Wright Yesterday.
he said. 'Germany still sticks to the
dirigible balloon, but in France it is all
for machines that fly. It will be the
same here, and when the people see the
demonstrations there will be active In
ventors who will perfect engines of suf
ficient power and lightness to fill the
bill and make machines perfect.
I certainly have great faith In Amer
ican Inventors, and while the present ma
chines of the Wright brothers. Curtis
and others are somewhat crude, the prin
ciple is right, and speedily we shall be
eclipsing our neighbors across the seas."
le Blon Monoplane Wins Prize.
DONCASTER. Oct. 18. In the aviation
contests here today Le Blon, driving
a Bleriot monoplane,, won the Bedford
cup and a prize of 1200 for the fastest
time In ten circuits of the course.
GIVE ALL FOB SUFFRAGE
LADY COOK READY TO SPEND
MILLION ON CAUSE.
Leader of Pacific English Suffra
gists Will Appeal to Taft
for Help.
NEW YORK. Oct. 18. Lady Frances
Cook, better known in this country as
Tennessee Claflln. who arrived here to
day, said she is ready. If need be, to
spend 11.000.000. all her fortune, to win
votes for women.
"I am going right to President Taft."
Lady Cook continued, "to see if I can
not get him to do what Lincoln did, but
by peaceful measures. 1 shall call the
President's attention to the 14th
amendment of the Constitution. The
Constitution says that only Idiots, the
Insane and convicts may not vote, and
I want to know If that bars women.
"King Edward at heart sympathizes
with us, and so did his mother. Queen
Victoria, before him."
Lady Cook represents the Women's
Freedom League, the English organiza
tion that is seeking woman suffrage
by peaceful methods, and arrived here
today from Kngland.
The New York Suffrage League is pre
paring to show equal attention to Lady
Cook and Mrs. Pankhurst, representing
the British suffragettes who adopt mil
itant tartles.
UNION. S. C, Oct. IS. The claim that
A. B. Lambert and S. Louis von Puhl.
members of the Aero Club of St. Louis,
established new world's records for
long distance and speed aeronautics,
when, after having ascended in their
balloon In PL Louis on Friday morning
of last ween, (hey landed near Charles
ton. S. C. on Saturday morning at 9
o'clock, having made an average speed
of 44 miles an hour, is challenged by
parties who have records showing that
a higher speed was attained in a bal
loon voyage made 48 years ago.
The aeronautic feat referred to was
that of Professor T. S. C. I-owe. head of
Lowe Observatory, near Pasadena, Cal..
who on April 20, 1861. ascended in a
balloon at Cincinnati, at 3:30 A. M and
at 12:30 P. M. of the same day landed
at Pea Ridge. In this county. Although
in the air only nine hours. Professor
Love covered an air line distance ot
500 miles, not including several hun
dred miles additional caused by his bal
loon being caught in a current and car
ried over Virginia, thence to the South
Carolina seacoast before reaching his
landing place near here.
Professor Lowe's balloon voyage was
eventful not only because It set such a
pace In aeronautics for distance trav
eled per hour, but because the flight
having occurred at the outbreak of the
Civil War, when sectional feeling was
at high pitch. he was regarded by
some as a "Yankee spy," and but for
the action of'cooler heads might have
met with bodily injury.
LOWE SAYS HE MADE RECORD
Traveled 700 Miles in Nine Hours
From Cincinnati.
PASADENA. Cal., Oct. IS. Professor
Tliaddeus S. C. Lowe, of this city, corrob
orates the claim made for him that in a
flight 48 years ago he surpassed the per
formance of A. B. Lamber and Louis
von Puhl. of the St. Louis Aero Club,
who up to now have been regarded as the
holders of tlje world's long-distance bal
loon speed record. He sailed 700 miles
from Cincinnati in nine hours.
"At the request, of the Smithsonian
Institution of Washington and the Frank
lin of Philadelphia. I made a flight on
April 20. 1861, which covered an air line
distance of 700 miles." said Professor
Lowe tonight. Tne flight was made to
test air currents. I had been attending
a ball In Cincinnati and was still In my
evening clothes when I received word
that atmospheric conditions were favor
able. "The moorings of my balloon were cast
loose at 4 A. M., April 30. At 1 o'clock
that afternoon I landed at Pea Ridge,
near the coast of South Carolina. The
distance between Cincinnati and Pea
Rldgeby railroad is 900 miles. Reckon
ing by air line, the distance between the
two places Is 300 miles less than that. I
covered the distance in nine hours, flying
over the Allegheny and Blue Ridge
mountains."
EARLY MILL BUILDER DIES
Death Claims Captain Rackleff at
Myrtle roint.
MYRTLE POINT, Or., Oct. 18. (Spe
cial.) Captain William E. . Rackleff,
who died Thursday. October 14. was
born in Portland, Me.. March 9, 1816.
When but a boy he went to sea with his
father and together they sailed around
the Horn and their steamer Orlan was
the first boat successfully to cross the
Umpqua bar. They also were the first
to sail over the Coquille River bar.
After living a few years in Coos, Cap
tain Rackleff. removed to Douglas
County, where he built the first saw
and grist mills near Soottsburg. In 1866
David Morse. Jr., Deceased, Who
Wan Oresontan Reader for 40
Tears.
one-half years in that position. He
was also joint Representative from Coos
and Curry Counties in 1907.
REAa PAPER 40 YEARS
OREGONIAN WAS DAILY COM
PANION FOR DAVID MORSE.
Empire City Pioneer Dies, Leaving
Complete File of Newspaper.
Planted Claims In Siuslaw.
MARSH FIELD, Or., Oct. 18. (Special.)
David Morse, Jr., who recently died at
his home in Empire City, Or., was a
reader of The Oregonian for 40 years, and
during all that time he kept every copy
of the paper. Among the possessions
that he left was a complete file of the
newspaper for that period.
For five years before his death Mr.
Morse was in poor health and was able
to leave his house but little. It was then
that the daily paper from Portland gave
him the greatest pleasure. He was particularly-well
Informed on public mat
ters and affairs of government and poli
tics and was a living encyclopedia on
many topics.
Mr. Morse was quite a collector In
various lines. He left a rare collection of
foreign and United States coins. Of tfte
latter there are scores of half-dollar
pieces of the old style dating as far back
as 1810, dozens or quarters, aimes, pen
nies and other denominations of gold,
silver and copper. There are many trade
dollars, a large collection of Mexican
money and foreign coins of different
kinds. Some of the British money bears
dates as early as 1782.
Mr. Morse was for many years Col
lector of Customs on Coos Bay, and at
a time when the foreign trade was
greater than it Is now. He would ex
change United States money for for
eign with the sailors, and in that way
came across many rare pieces.
Farmer Delegates Named.
SALEM. Or.. Oct. 18. (Special.) Gov.
ernor Benson this afternoon announced
the -appointment of the following dele
gates to the Farmers National congress,
29th annual session, at Raleigh, N. C
November 3-9: Tom Richardson, Port
land; William McMorray, Portland; A. H.
Averlll, Portland: Stephen A. Lowell,
Pendleton: "William H. Colvlg, Medford,
and Dr. W. J. Kerr. Corvallls.
The charm of a woman's appearance depends largely upon the
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See the new Fall boots we are now
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we carry this famous line of shoes.
Over fifty different models at the
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 18. Speculation is
rife here regarding the possible nominee
for the position of United States Minister
to China, made vacant by the resignation
of Charles R. Crane. While several prom
inent persons both Jn and out of the dip
lomatic service have been mentioned as
possibilities for the Chinese post, nothing
more substantial than rumor has as yet
developed.
If officials of the State Department have
any Information bearing upon the mission,
they are carefully refraining from di
vulging it. In the absence of Secretary
Knox, who Is passing a few days at his
country home at Valley Forge, Pa., noth
ing definite upon the subject can be ob
tained here.
Walt Till Taft Returns.
While the importance of filling the va
cancy at as early a day as practicable
is recognized, it is understood that there
will be no-extreme haste In the matter.
The belief was expressed tonight that no
selection would be made until after the
return of President Taft to Washington.
In the meantime, however, American in
terests are not suffering in China. They
are being looked after by Henry P.
Fletcher, of Pennsylvania, now Charge
d'Affalre's at Pekin. It Is known that Mr.
Knox entertains a very high regard for
Mr. Fletcher for the manner in which he
has handled important matters.
Several Men Mentioned,
Among those mentioned in connection
with the position, in addition to Mr.
Fletcher, are Assistant Secretary of State
Huntington Wilson; Charles B. Magoon,
Provisional Governor of Cuba; Thomas
C. Dawson, retiring Minister to Chile,
who Is now on his way here to assume
the duties of Chief of the Bureau of
Latin-American affairs; Stuyvesant Fish,
of New York, and Guy Morrison Walker,
an attorney of New York.
Fish Declined Last Spring.
NEW YORK. Oct. 18. Stuyvesant Fish,
being asked today as to the report from
Shanghai as to his becoming Minister to
China, said- .
"It Is true that the Chinese mission
was offered to me, but that happened last
Spring while I was in Europe. Needless
to say, the offer was at once declined. I
did not mention the fact then and should
not do so now were it not for the per
sistence of the baseless rumors of my
going there."
CHICAGO, Oct. 18. A special from
Washington to the Record-Herald says:
Charles B Me goon, former Provisional
Governor of Cuba, last night stated posi
tively that thei-e was nothing in reports
that he was likely to succeed to the post
of Minister to China, vacated by the
resignation of C. R- Crane. He has re
ceived no proffers of public office, and
has no other plans than to finish out a
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H0FER TALKS IN IDAHO
trges State-Aided Railroads at Po
catello Convention.
POCATELI-O, Idaho, Oct. "18. (Special.)
Added impetus to the plan of building
railroads by bonded districts, under the
provisions of a law passed by the Idaho
Legislature, was given' today at a meet
ing of the fifth annual convention In this
city of the League of Southern Idaho
Commercial Clubs. Delegates were
present from ail the principal towns of
the southern part of the state.
Tonight Colonel E. Hofer. of Salem,
president of the Oregon-Idaho Develop
ment Congress, was one of the speakers.
Modern methods of communlty-buildf
ing and the beet plan of promoting th
progress and development of Idaho were
the principal topics discussed. Anothef
session will he held tomorrcfv, the con
vention to close with a smoker and ban
quet at the Elks Club tomorrow night.
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